Yuri Dubinin | |
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Dubinin speaking with Ronald Reagan at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C. on 11 December 1988, shortly after the Armenian earthquake.
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Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the United States | |
In office 19 May 1986 – 15 May 1990 |
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Preceded by | Anatoly Dobrynin |
Succeeded by | Alexander Bessmertnykh |
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Born |
Yuri Vladimirovich Dubinin 7 October 1930 Moscow, Russia |
Died | 20 December 2013 | (aged 83)
Profession | Diplomat |
Yuri Vladimirovich Dubinin (7 October 1930 – 20 December 2013) was a Russian Soviet-era diplomat.
Dubinin was born in Moscow and received his doctorate from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, focusing on the international politics of the Asia-Pacific region. He was the Soviet Union's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 1986; Ambassador to the United States from 1986 to 1990; and Ambassador to France from 1990 to 1991. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Dubinin was a Russian deputy foreign minister from 1994 to 1996.
After leaving the foreign service, Dubinin worked as a professor of international politics at Moscow State Institute of International Relations and Moscow International Higher Business School. He was also a member of the Oriental Studies Association of Russia and served on the boards of the UN Association of Russia and the Russia-USA Association.